How to get a hexagonal nut out of a round hole

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The forum discussion centers on the challenge of removing a hexagonal nut that has become lodged in a round hole of a sealed tank. The nut, which is attached to a hose, is too large to pass through the round gland without proper alignment. Users suggest various methods, including cooling the assembly, using boiling water, and employing tools like Dremels or pliers to manipulate the nut. Ultimately, the original poster successfully extracted the nut by heating the area and applying force, demonstrating the effectiveness of thermal expansion in resolving the issue.

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  • #31
I am in a real good mood tonight, it is just a matter of keeping my eyes open, what is wrong with pnumatic?:confused:
 
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  • #32
wolram said:
I am in a real good mood tonight, it is just a matter of keeping my eyes open, what is wrong with pnumatic?:confused:
I guess you need another set of toothpicks to prop your eyelids open. You wrote punmatic, not pnumatic. :biggrin: (The correct spelling is pneumatic, by the way, but that's neither here nor there.)
 
  • #33
It is this key board the keys keep moving, i know how to spell pneumatic,
or may be it is the computer, it is rather old and doddery:rolleyes: but then again it could be the electricity, i am sure it does not know if it is AC or DC. :smile:
 
  • #34
wolram said:
i am sure it does not know if it is AC or DC. :smile:
Sometimes I wonder about you in that regard, as well. :-p
 
  • #35
Danger said:
Sometimes I wonder about you in that regard, as well. :-p

It is lucky you are an endangered species, on the other hand science does need answers. :smile:
 
  • #36
wolram said:
It is lucky you are an endangered species, on the other hand science does need answers. :smile:
Yay! Vivisection! I'll get my dart gun and the curare, you get the medical kit and we'll meet up at (secret stuff here, keep moving, nothing to see).
 
  • #37
nothing to see).
Well, I don't want to see that.
 
  • #38
Me neither. If I cover my eyes, they can't find me...
 

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